snowfall accumulations will depend on how much sleet and be 1-4" from around tipton to sigourney southward (iowa city around 4-5")... 4-6" will include cedar rapids, dubuque, monticello, tama and delaware... 6-9" from traer to independence through colesburg and northward. some areas around new hampton may get even more. all will have strong winds from the northeast at 20-30 mph gusting to 40-50 mph. this will rerece visibilities and cause blowing snow. stay up to date on this storm as freezing rain, sleet and snowfall amounts may change as the low tracks to the north and east. a dangerous winter storm will track through the region today covering the entire kwwl viewing area. a winter storm wrning is in effect for today and tonight. sleet, snow and freezing rain continue to track through the kwwl viewing area with roads becoming snow and ice covered. ice accumulations could be around a quarter of an inch around interstate 80, inluding iowa city, with up to a quarter of an inch from cedar rapids too dubuque. sleet accumulations are expected to be around an inch to an inch and a half in be 1-

and the wind will pick up out of the north from 10 to 20 to track into the southern areas, such as sigourney, will be making its way north areas along highway 20. this means the monday morning commute will likely be tricky. by mid- morning, all of eastern iowa to see ice accumulation from freezing rain will be from highway 30 and points to the south, where a inch of ice. remember, it does not take much ice to create farther to the north, it will be more of a sleet and snow mix, before we all transition to snow the area. from at least an inch in our far southeast, to the evening and overnight as the storm system evolves. again, this is a very tricky forecast and snow/ice amounts will be dependent on surface temperatures and when the switch from freezing rain to snow occurs. confidence is high that travel will become difficult quickly across the state monday. stay tuned to kwwl on air, online and on social media throughout the weekend as we will keep you updated on the potential for a winter storm on monday, december 28. with a winter storm on the way -- across the area. from at least an inch

15 as of this evening the rivers which are experiencing moderate flooding are the skunk river at sigourney, and the english river at kalona. the good news is that these two are expected to crest over the next two days, only rising another foot between now and then. to the north along the cedar river, river levels are below flood stage. hohover, moderate flooding is expected at cedar falls by tuesday night. moving to the south along the cedar, not mvch impact so far, but as water shed from makes its way down, minor flooding is forecast at least at cedar rapids by the end of this week. bruce and beth... a hit and run crash in ames has killed an iowa state student from eastern iowa. it happened around seven this morning on the south side of the iowa state university campus. police say an i-s-u police officer found 18-year-old emmalee jacobs lying in the road round 7am. the urbana native was an engineering major. emergency crews took jacobs to a hospital, where she later died. police say her injuries indicate she was the victim of a hit-and-run. investigators say they have not found any witnes

wintry mix of snow, sleet and/or freezing rain will being to track into the southern areas, such as sigourney, washington, williamsburg and iowa city. between 7 and 9 am, the wintry precipitation will be making its way north areas along this means the monday morning commute will likely be tricky. by mid-morning, all of eastern iowa will be in the midst of the winter storm. the best chances to see ice accumulation from freezing rain will be from highway 30 and points to the south, where a teh to quarter of an inch of ice accumulation is possible. areas north of highway 30 could see up to a tenth of an inch of ice. remember, it does not take much ice to create hazardous conditions o the roadways. farther to the north, it will be more of a sleet and snow mix, before we all transition to snow by the late afternoon and early evening hours. snow totals will widespread range across the area. from their day preparing. people stocked up on salt for their driveways -- and even bought groceries. many people visited local stores to get everything they need. people bought shovels -- and we caught up with

this week, we're paying tribute to the lancaster christian church located near sigourney, ia. this small country church celebrated 100 years in the 19-50's-- the building burned down in the 70's, was rebuilt and is still serving the community. our thanks to karen rounce-ville for submitting the church.h.ven though she moved out of state and no longer attends, she says she has fond memories from her time there as a little girl. as always we want to learn about mailbag at us farm report dot com or reach us through our facebook page. stay with us - cropwach is next. enter to win this yamaha kodiak 700 eps a great tool to have on the link to get details. deadline is december 16 so don't delay. we wrap things up this week with cropwatch. lets start in jackson cououy iowa. farmers tete our partners at agwgw that in east central iowa the 5 to 10 percent of corn harvest is dragging on. first it was 10 inches of snow now several decent rains are keeping fields wet--even in theheild tempmpatures. this farmer r ys folks are pushshg hard to try and get done. scott simmons sent us a photo

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